Ugh, Sparky. That sounds awful. Lots of job ~ma to you and Consuela, both.

My job is pretty simple:

When people want to make their stuff go away, I help them do it. Sometimes they make it go away for good, but stuff never really goes away for good, does it? It always comes back in one way or another, sometimes in the air, sometimes in the water, sometimes making the world hotter, sometimes making the world a worse place to live and filling up spaces we are running out of.

Sometimes people put their stuff in a place where it can be made into something else, something new. I try to make sure it gets made into something else more often than not.

Even better is when people use less stuff in the first place. I try to help people find ways to do that, too.

I arrange words in rows, sometimes with pictures.

So, folks (paging Hec!), I need a new haircut.

Your hair is a lot curlier than Julia Stiles, though, right?

I'll look for some cuts that would work with your hair. Gimme a bit...

My first thought, though, Kate is that Something like Ashley Judd's shorter hairstyle would work well for you. (Plus, no part.)

Also, Audrey Tatou.

(Remember when we spotted her in the village, Jess?)

Really cute. (again no part)

And now that I've gone back to the stuff I skipped... Consuela, that sucks. I am so sorry you are still dealing with the bullshit.

Mine is so easy. I make shit up and sometimes get paid for it if I write it down pretty. And sometimes I make sure stuff other people wrote is written pretty.

Sparky, that's awful. It's amazing to me how many professional adults are just completely clueless.

I knew you'd come through for me! Those are excellent suggestions. I especially like Audrey Tatou's look.

Your hair is a lot curlier than Julia Stiles, though, right?

It's not super curly. I think of it as more wavy than curly, though with product I can sometimes get it curlier. Possibly it's curlier when it's shorter, too.

I totally just tried celebrity hairs on my face and am more and more convinced I'm going to get bangs. [link]

I am impressed that computer is a valid word for that exercise, and machine isn't.

I was a bit surprised at some of the words that didn't make the list. Like "write" was good but "writing" was not, "teacher" was there but "teach" wasn't.

That Ashley Judd cut is adorable. It's not unlike my last short haircut, with the exception that her hair has probably had blow dryers and hot rollers and primping stylists all over it. Wake and wear has a whole other vibe to it.

more convinced I'm going to get bangs.

So much fun to contemplate a new look! I think they'd be cute on you.